My WHYY Newsworks post this week looks at New Jersey's high costs associated with special education, specifically our habit of…
In today’s New York Times, David Brooks reminisces about the good old days when the Republican Party was a fusion…
The New York Times looks at “the ruptured relationship between teachers’ unions and Democrats like Rahm Emanuel” and the consequential…
Check out my column today at NJ Spotlight, which reviews the Christie Administration's education agenda in light of the three…
Lakewood Public Schools falsified graduation rate data in order to secure a $6 million SIG grant. Now, according to the…
One slide from Comm. Cerf’s powerpoint at yesterday's Convocation (see post below) is titled “Education spending in high-need districts exceeds…
The big NJ education story today is yesterday’s Convocation at Jackson Liberty High School, featuring Ed. Comm. Chris Cerf, his…
A NJ educator, Dr. Michael Hoban, proposes a merit pay system in today’s NJ Spotlight in which only “Master Teachers”…
My post today at WHYY Newsworks looks at this month's release of a report from the Christie Administration's Education Transformation…
The similarities between Chicago and Newark are eerie. Both cities have outspoken Democratic, reform-minded mayors at the helm (Rahm Emmanuel…